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Mar 20, 2023 · Return of the 'Dirty Duchess': Portrait of the aristocrat at centre of explicit 'headless man' photo scandal who had more than 80 lovers is set to go on display at the National Portrait Gallery....
- Claire Foy recreates Duchess of Argyll's explicit 'headless ...
The original photograph showed Margaret – wearing nothing...
- Claire Foy recreates Duchess of Argyll's explicit 'headless ...
Dec 27, 2021 · The original photograph showed Margaret – wearing nothing but a string of pearls – involved in a sexual act with a ‘headless’ man in her home. The photo had been cropped at the man’s ...
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Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll.
Jul 25, 2024 · The pictures were part of a legal case the duke drew up against the duchess as part of divorce proceedings, alongside a list of 88 men he accused her of having sex with behind his back.
- Rebecca Cope
- Heiress and Socialite
- Duchess of Argyll
- The ‘Dirty Duchess’
- Lord Denning’s Report
Born Margaret Whigham, the future Duchess of Argyll was the only daughter of a Scottish materials millionaire. Spending her childhood in New York City, she returned to London around the age of 14 and subsequently began a series of romantic relationships with some of the biggest names of her day. In an age where aristocratic women were primarily sim...
After a string of high profile romances, Margaret married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, in 1951. Meeting by chance on a train, Argyll told Margaret of some of his experiences as a prisoner of warduring World War Two, omitting the fact that the trauma had left him reliant on alcohol and prescription drugs. Whilst there may well have bee...
The ensuing divorce case was splashed across newspaper front pages. The sheer scandal of photographic evidence of Margaret’s blatant infidelity – she was identifiable by her signature three-strand pearl necklace – was shocking to a world which, in 1963, was on the cusp of a sexual revolution. The headless man, or men, in the photographs were never ...
As part of proceedings, Lord Denning, who had compiled a government report on one of the decade’s other scandals, the Profumo Affair, was tasked with investigating Margaret’s sexual partners in more depth: primarily this was because ministers were concerned Margaret might be a security risk if she had been involved with senior government figures. A...
- Sarah Roller
Jul 31, 1993 · She died last week aged 80 and Lord Denning, aged 94, spoke publicly for the first time about the 'headless man' - an unidentified naked man photographed in a compromising position with...
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Dec 15, 2021 · A POLAROID picture was one of the key pieces of evidence in the scandalous divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. The mystery man in the explicit photo became known as the 'headless man' and his identity has been largely speculated.
